բաց

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Armenian բաց (bacʻ).

Adjective

բաց • (bacʻ) (superlative ամենաբաց)

  1. open, not closed
    Antonym: փակ (pʻak)
    բաց դուռ ― bacʻ duṙ ― open door
  2. (of color) light
    բաց կապույտ ― bacʻ kapuyt ― light blue
Declension
Descendants
  • → Georgian: ბაცი (baci)

Noun

բաց • (bacʻ)

  1. Bats (language)
Declension
Synonyms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From բաց- (bacʻ-), the aorist stem of բանամ (banam, “to open”).

Adjective

բաց • (bacʻ)

  1. open, uncovered
    բացաւ գլխով ― bacʻaw glxov ― with an uncovered head, bareheaded; impudently
    աչօք բացօք, բացաւ աչօք ոչ զոք տեսանէր ― ačʻōkʻ bacʻōkʻ, bacʻaw ačʻōkʻ očʻ zokʻ tesanēr ― with the eyes open, he saw nothing
    բացաւ երեսօք, բացօք երեսօք ― bacʻaw eresōkʻ, bacʻōkʻ eresōkʻ ― with an uncovered head, bareheaded; impudently
    թողուլ ի բաց զքաղաքն ― tʻołul i bacʻ zkʻałakʻn ― to leave open the gates of a city
    ի բաց է դուռն ― i bacʻ ē duṙn ― the door is open
    ի բաց ունել զգլուխն ― i bacʻ unel zgluxn ― to have the head uncovered
    ի բա՛ց գնա ― i bácʻ gna ― go away!
    ի բաց գնացէք յինէն ― i bacʻ gnacʻēkʻ yinēn ― go away from me!
    բացէ ի բաց, ի բաց ― bacʻē i bacʻ, i bacʻ ― far, very far; quite; out, abroad
    բաց ի բաց ― bacʻ i bacʻ ― openly, evidently
    բացուստ ի բաց ― bacʻust i bacʻ ― from afar; far
    ի բացի ― i bacʻi ― in a field, out of the city, in the country, in the open air, under the open sky
    ի բաց առնել ― i bacʻ aṙnel ― to remove, to send away
    ի բաց առնուլ ― i bacʻ aṙnul ― to subtract, to take away; to remove
    քաջ ի բաց անցանել զբազմօք ― kʻaǰ i bacʻ ancʻanel zbazmōkʻ ― to surpass many
    ի բաց բառնալ ― i bacʻ baṙnal ― to take away
    երթալ ի բաց, ի բաց գնալ ― ertʻal i bacʻ, i bacʻ gnal ― to go away, to depart
    ի բաց եդաւ ձմեռնային ցրտութիւն ― i bacʻ edaw jmeṙnayin cʻrtutʻiwn ― the rigour of winter is past
    ի բաց քակել զաղաղակն ― i bacʻ kʻakel załałakn ― to cease from crying
    ի բաց տար, ի բաց անդր տար ― i bacʻ tar, i bacʻ andr tar ― never! no! God forbid! come along! fy!
    բաց ի ― bacʻ i ― except, excepted, besides, save; without

Usage notes

In the translations of the Hellenizing School serves as a prefix with the meaning "apo-, ex-, away", in calques of Ancient Greek words with ἐκ (ek) and ἀπό (apó), for example բաց-արձակ (bacʻ-arjak) = ἀπό-λυτος (apó-lutos), բաց-ա-տրեմ (bacʻ-a-trem) = ἀπο-τίθημι (apo-títhēmi).

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բանալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 403–404
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բաց”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 469—470
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բաց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 98ab
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